From Charles Ligar1    15 November 1861

Crown Lands Office

15/11/61

Dear Sir

The Asst Secty2 has brought before me and Dr Gilbee your propose[d]telegram3 and we think that it would be a dangerous step to allow any one to write to Mr Howitt without the authority of the Committe and we cannot understand the reason that the information should be so seccaretly4 communicated

yours truely

(Signed) C W Ligar5

1
Letter a handwritten copy.
2
Robert Dickson.
3
Letter not found.
4
secretly?
5
See also M to C. Ligar, 15 November 1861, in this edition as 61-11-05a.

Please cite as “FVM-61-11-15,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/61-11-15